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My 68 Camaro's new twin!
« on: October 11, 2020, 04:08:49 PM »
Well its been awhile since I have posted here. My excuse is that I have been busy wrenching away in the shop. 2 years ago I picked up a 68 C10 that was pretty rust free as a winter rig and something to drive to work after race days so I didn't have to spend most of the night converting my car back into street trim. Well that lasted all of about 4 months. As soon as the wet weather hit, the windshield started leaking bad. So like most projects, that failed seal turned into a full frame off restoration. The truck was a factory long bed, but the box was toast so, cut the frame down and made it into a factory short box and got a new box for the back. Pretty much right off the bat the theme was to build a twin to the 68 Camaro and sharing as many things as possible. So the truck had to be painted blue, have rally's & redlines, have a 4 speed, and a 302 looking motor. So over the last year the truck has been transformed into a pretty good twin to the Camaro. The blue is factory C10 Medium blue poly and white (truck is factory 2 tone truck), the 350 has been dressed with a Z/28 intake, correct 68 chrome valve covers and air cleaner. Swapped the granny gear 4 speed with a M21 4 speed using Chevelle and Tri five pieces to make the shifter look like the factory installed it. Then to cap it off it has 8" rally's and redlines to wrap up the matching. Really the only big difference is the interior colors. The camaro still has its original black deluxe. With how much of the inside of the C10 is painted I went with blue interior to match it all, but with all stock looking things. While not a 100% correct for 68, most people will just see a nice stock looking pickup. Now to start saving to add a Lemans Blue 68 Corvette to make triplets, lol!












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Re: My 68 Camaro's new twin!
« Reply #1 on: October 11, 2020, 04:29:14 PM »
love the look of the 4 speed in your c10..both 68's look awesome

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« Reply #2 on: October 11, 2020, 05:13:51 PM »
Wow! Now, I'm jealous, awesome pair. Thanks for sharing.
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Re: My 68 Camaro's new twin!
« Reply #3 on: October 11, 2020, 05:23:07 PM »
Nice
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« Reply #4 on: October 11, 2020, 07:44:16 PM »
Really sharp.

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« Reply #5 on: October 11, 2020, 11:20:45 PM »
Very Nice !
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Re: My 68 Camaro's new twin!
« Reply #6 on: October 12, 2020, 01:52:06 AM »
Even the Correct Year!
Good job
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Re: My 68 Camaro's new twin!
« Reply #7 on: October 12, 2020, 04:17:09 AM »
Even the Correct Year!
Good job

Thats what started the whole twin theme. I wasn't even looking for a 68, I was mainly looking for a 71-72 C10 but this truck popped up and was too nice to pass on.
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Re: My 68 Camaro's new twin!
« Reply #8 on: October 12, 2020, 03:04:22 PM »
Very nice - great job, really like the look of the C-10 with the ‘68.

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Re: My 68 Camaro's new twin!
« Reply #9 on: October 12, 2020, 10:12:32 PM »
you could also add a little boat to pull behind your 68 
https://images.app.goo.gl/DupC4SnVfbEm5LXo6   or;   https://images.app.goo.gl/EConQRdiqf7NUyMt8

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Re: My 68 Camaro's new twin!
« Reply #10 on: October 12, 2020, 11:29:36 PM »
I have a 69 C10 in redone condition, but not original by any means, to go along with my 67 RS/SS Camaro (mostly all original) so they go together to the local car shows.    Nice rides you have there! 

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Re: My 68 Camaro's new twin!
« Reply #11 on: October 16, 2020, 01:31:21 AM »
Love that shifter! Too Cool..
 

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Re: My 68 Camaro's new twin!
« Reply #12 on: October 22, 2020, 04:28:18 AM »
Cool twins

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Re: My 68 Camaro's new twin!
« Reply #13 on: November 11, 2020, 05:43:52 PM »
Nice Job! Lemans Blue, my favorite and why I have two"book-ends" one coupe and one vert!

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Re: My 68 Camaro's new twin!
« Reply #14 on: November 23, 2020, 03:57:19 PM »
Made a video of the full restoration of the truck from all the pictures I took.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dR7B-zMR53M
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« Reply #15 on: November 24, 2020, 08:55:29 PM »
That was awesome....you did a great job  Thank you for sharing the video...I enjoyed   You should be PROUD.

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Re: My 68 Camaro's new twin!
« Reply #16 on: November 25, 2020, 04:44:10 AM »
I wish that we could have gotten blue houndstooth in a camaro!
Beautiful combo - the cars - the colors - all of it!
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Re: My 68 Camaro's new twin!
« Reply #17 on: November 25, 2020, 02:34:43 PM »
I wish that we could have gotten blue houndstooth in a camaro!
Beautiful combo - the cars - the colors - all of it!

Thanks and yeah I wish blue houndstooth would have been offered. I think it would have sold more than the yellow that the Camaro got.
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Re: My 68 Camaro's new twin!
« Reply #18 on: November 25, 2020, 06:10:45 PM »
Just saw this, very nice indeed!

I wish I had a twin too. I would then get a period correct trailer and put the Camaro on it, maybe slap some magnet type racing stickers on it and go to a car show like that. I am sure it would attract a lot of attention.
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« Reply #19 on: November 25, 2020, 07:46:04 PM »
Just saw this, very nice indeed!

I wish I had a twin too. I would then get a period correct trailer and put the Camaro on it, maybe slap some magnet type racing stickers on it and go to a car show like that. I am sure it would attract a lot of attention.

I have thought about doing something like that because I have thought of doing a mild day two look to the Camaro with some easy to remove bolt ons. Then just do a two car display at a indoor show with a tow bar and tools like in the pits.
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« Reply #20 on: November 26, 2020, 03:04:49 PM »
Just saw this, very nice indeed!

I wish I had a twin too. I would then get a period correct trailer and put the Camaro on it, maybe slap some magnet type racing stickers on it and go to a car show like that. I am sure it would attract a lot of attention.

I have thought about doing something like that because I have thought of doing a mild day two look to the Camaro with some easy to remove bolt ons. Then just do a two car display at a indoor show with a tow bar and tools like in the pits.

Well you are 90% there if you decide to go for it.
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Re: My 68 Camaro's new twin!
« Reply #21 on: January 21, 2021, 05:13:27 AM »
Been doing a little work to the C10. Got the letters in the tailgate decaled in white. I also now have a 68 327 block that I am going to build for the truck. After driving it for a bit, the 350 is just not doing it anymore. So gonna built a decent little 327 to swap in and will make the twinning ever better with both then have 327's

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« Reply #22 on: March 24, 2021, 06:07:44 PM »
Been doing some upgrades to the C10 to get ready for the spring and summer as the plan is to do some road trips in it this year and be able to take both 68s to some shows together.

Swapped rear ends out for a gear change, ended up snagging another rear end that was rebuilt with the gears cheaper than it would have been to rebuild my rear end in the truck.



While swapping rear ends, decided to drop the tail a little bit more.



Now working on the nose as I am swapping to power disc brakes with dropped spindles and adding a sway bar to the front.







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« Reply #23 on: March 24, 2021, 06:51:27 PM »
Great Front Brake upgrades !SAFETY!

Nice
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« Reply #24 on: March 24, 2021, 07:22:27 PM »
Looking good!
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Re: My 68 Camaro's new twin!
« Reply #25 on: April 05, 2021, 06:14:14 PM »
Well after quite a few issues, got the truck back on the ground now with power disc brakes. Still a few bugs to work out and planning on its first road trip at the end of April.

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« Reply #26 on: April 21, 2021, 03:28:06 AM »
got the truck all buttoned back up. Finally washed and waxed it for the first time, so now its all sparkly clean to drive it in the pouring rain this weekend to its first show.





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« Reply #27 on: April 21, 2021, 09:19:04 PM »
That is one sano (cool, neat, etc.) truck!
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« Reply #28 on: November 28, 2021, 12:25:24 AM »
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« Reply #29 on: November 28, 2021, 09:19:01 PM »
nice "ink"...it's a great story

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Re: My 68 Camaro's new twin!
« Reply #30 on: November 29, 2021, 03:52:21 AM »
Sorry I missed this the first time around! What a great pair!!!

 

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